Sources: BBC
At least 18 people are killed and several others are injured in an attack by armed bandits in a village in Jibia, Katsina State, Nigeria. 2026-03-17
At least 51 people are killed in escalating clashes between rival herders in Plateau State, Nigeria, while another 2,000 people are displaced, according to Amnesty International. 2025-04-14
Seven people are killed and 31 injured after a truck crashed in Gombe State, Nigeria. 2025-01-2
Bandits attack Nigerian forces at a military base in Nahuta, Katsina State, Nigeria. 2024-01-15
ISWAP kills over 20 soldiers and 40 civilians in attacks in Monguno and Nganzai in Borno, Nigeria – four days after they killed 82 civilians in Gubio. 2020-06-13
Suspected Boko Haram suicide bombers kill 12 people and injure 48 others, in Maiduguri, Nigeria. 2018-01-17
Voters in Nigeria go to the polls for a general election. Gunmen kill at least 15 voters including an opposition house of assembly candidate for Dukku in Gombe. 2015-03-28
A suicide car bombing outside a church in the Nigerian city of Bauchi kills 15 people and injures 42 others. 2012-06-3
Riot police are deployed to the streets of Jos in central Nigeria following clashes between ethnic groups and a bombing on Christmas Eve. 2010-12-27
In Nigeria, the Governor of Anambra state, Peter Obi, is controversially re-elected. 2010-02-7